MARISCADA WITH GREEN SAUCE

MARISCADA WITH GREEN SAUCE image

Yield 4 people

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons EVOO
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons finely chopped white onion
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 cup finely chopped parsley
6 littlenecks
2 tablespoons flour
6 mussels
24 medium shrimp, peeled
12 bay scallops or 3 large sea scallops quartered
1/4 cup dry sherry
2 cups clam juice
2 cups asparagus juice from 2 15 oz. cans asparagus

Steps:

Place a large pot over medium heat and add the oil. Add onion, garlic, parsley, and clams. Saute 5 minutes. Using a spoon, push the clams to one side, sprinkle the flour into the base of the pot and stir to make a think, smooth paste. One at a time, add the mussels, shrimp, scallops and sherry and simmer until the sherry evaporates, about 3 minutes. Pour in the clam juice and asparagus juice. Simmer until the mussels and clams are opened, and shrimp and scallps opaque, about 5 minutes more. Season with S&P.